BNP leader Alal, 7 others jailed in 2013 sabotage case
The court also fined them Tk 10,000 each
A Dhaka court has sentenced eight people including BNP Joint Secretary General Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal to three years in jail in a sabotage case filed in 2013.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Jasim pronounced the verdict today (31 December).
The other convicts are Jubo Dal's former president Saiful Islam Nirob, Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh Dhaka Metropolitan (south) secretary Dr Shafiqul Islam Masud, former Chhatra Dal president Abdul Kader Bhuiyan Jewel, BNP leaders Harun-or-Rashid, Obaidul Haque, Shahidul Islam Hira and Md Ibrahim.
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The court also fined them Tk 10,000 each. They will have to suffer two months more imprisonment if they fail to pay the fine.
According to the case statement, a bus was set on fire on Sat Masjid Road in Dhaka's Dhanmondi on 1 December 2013.
Abdullah Al Mamun, sub-inspector of Dhanmondi police station, filed a case over the incident.
After investigation, police submitted chargesheet against them on 15 December 2014.
